Snowboarder Eliot Grondin collected Canada’s sixth medal at the Milan-Cortina Games, winning a silver in the men’s snowboard cross Thursday. Read More

New York — U.S. actor James Van Der Beek, star of the popular TV series Dawson's Creek, died on Wednesday at age 48 after a battle with colorectal cancer. Read More

Democratic lawmakers accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of using the US Justice Department to target enemies of President Donald Trump and bungling the release of files on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein during a fiery hearing Wednesday. Read More

Canadian Mikael Kingsbury has won silver at the Milan-Cortina Games, earning the fourth medal of his stories Olympic career. Read More

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The new mayor of Bruderheim, Alta. hopes the tiny bedroom community northeast of Edmonton will soon erect a “Proud Home of Emerance Maschmeyer” sign to honour its homegrown hockey heroine. Read More

That was certainly true for Team Rachel Homan, who opened the Milan-Cortina women's bonspiel on Thursday with a 10-4 rout of Denmark. Read More

No serious policymaker in Washington is proposing an explicit default on U.S. debt. That would be reckless and unnecessary. Instead, the United States appears to be pursuing a more subtle strategy: a soft default, reducing the real value of its obligations through currency depreciation, negative real interest rates and accounting choices that quietly transfer costs to creditors and households. This is not a conspiracy theory. It is a well-worn playbook that has been used by heavily indebted states across history. What is notable today is the scale, coordination and global implications. Read More

A disturbing new investigation detailing the expansion of Beijing’s overseas influence infrastructure reveals there are now more than 2,000 organizations in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany that the Chinese Communist Party is capable of mobilizing to advance its agenda. Read More

Frances Widdowson has found herself at the epicentre of the debate around academic freedom and free speech on campus. The political science professor joins Rob Breakenridge for a wide-ranging conversation about her wrongful termination from Calgary's Mount Royal University, her fight for reinstatement, and why she feels compelled to speak out about what she calls race-based and identity policies and politics — and the issue of residential schools in particular. Read More

As the mayor of Brampton, I’ve seen the extortion crisis hit our communities hard. Last month, I wrote an op-ed that detailed how Peel Region has become a major extortion hotspot, with over 41 incidents involving transnational networks like the Bishnoi gang that occurred between January 2024 and November 2025. These were not mere threats — they involved violence against families and businesses, including shootings and arsons that shattered lives and eroded public safety. I urged greater federal support then, specifically calling for representatives from the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to join local extortion task forces. Local police can't afford to wait for responses from these agencies which are critical to their investigations. Read More

Vladyslav Heraskevych, the 27-year-old skeleton pilot from Kyiv, Ukraine, carried his country’s flag into the Opening Ceremony at the Milan-Cortina Games. Someone asked about his hopes: “Sport is important, but people's lives are more important so keep supporting Ukraine and keep following what's going on in Ukraine. Read More

MELBOURNE -- Israel's President Isaac Herzog said Thursday antisemitism in Australia is "frightening" but most people want good relations, on the final day of a visit expected to spark protests in the city of Melbourne. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss negotiations with Iran was inconclusive and that the United States would continue talking with the Islamic Republic. Read More

The Republican-led U.S. House passed legislation aimed at ending President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, signalling a growing anxiety over the White House’s economic agenda before midterm elections focused heavily on affordability. Read More

Over the roughly 10 years he’s lived in Tumbler Ridge, Curtis Miedzinski almost never heard noises that disrupted the sleepy mountain town’s tranquil quiet. That changed late Tuesday afternoon, when the distinct thump of helicopter blades cut through the silence. Read More

It’s nice to open with a win in an élite-level bonspiel. Read More

The serenity in the tiny, rural B.C. community of Tumbler Ridge seen on Tuesday afternoon was at sharp odds with the words being heard on the livestream broadcast. Read More

OTTAWA — A Jewish advocacy group called on the federal government Wednesday to follow the United States' lead and designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization. Read More

Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier skated on to the ice at the Milano Ice Skating Arena on Wednesday night, to the cheers of Canadians long-acquainted with their storied journey, waving Canadian flags in every corner of the stadium. Read More

Canada narrowly won the opening men’s curling match of the Milan-Cortina Olympics after a closely fought game against a plucky young German team that came down to the last stone. Read More

Who would’ve thought biathlon would be among the most headline-grabbing sports at the Winter Olympics? Read More

Canada has suffered another horrific school shooting, this time in the small community of Tumbler Ridge, B.C. This is not the first time such a thing has happened in Canada, and past shooting sprees paint a picture of a phenomenon in which young people, nearly all of them male, who isolate themselves from the larger community end up inflicting horrific violence as perceived retribution for their difficulties in life — and in most cases, end up taking their own lives. This is to be expected in a society that hasn't replaced things like regular family meals and religiosity with other support systems. Read More

President Donald Trump is privately musing about exiting the North American trade pact, people familiar with the matter said, injecting further uncertainty about the deal’s future into pivotal renegotiations involving the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Read More